Satoshi has always been among us
“Existence precedes essence”
Jean-Paul Sartre
Satoshi is Bitcoin. That is the ultimate truth about your identity. The social convention regarding whose flesh and bones keyed the code for the most advanced money technology in history is not relevant. Nakamoto’s being is realized and updated in every transaction that is written to the network’s ledger. And that’s the only thing that matters.
Throughout history, multiple illustrious figures have used pseudonyms to distance their work from their personal lives. Today there are few who would identify the Orwell who warned us of the dangers of totalitarianism with the Eric Arthur Blair who worked in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. Maybe François-Marie Arouet He would not have been so incendiary in his criticism of the church and the monarchy if the name Voltaire had not protected him from the flames. And probably the person who bought Girl with Balloon for a million pounds he would have wanted to take legal retaliation after Banksy began the self-destruction of the work in the middle of the auction. But no one knows his real name.
The idea that identity is constantly configured and reconfigured through actions is very old. Buddha Shakyamuni He dismissed the existence of a static self or identity that lasted over time. This is because the most basic element of matter, the kalapashas permanent change as its fundamental characteristic. They are temporary aggregates that arise and disappear from causes and conditions, so it is impossible to identify a constant self in such impermanence. On the contrary, as established by the doctrine of interdependent origination, all phenomena are the product of action, of the simultaneous conditioning of multiple causes and effects, which includes what we conventionally identify as people.
This proposal is echoed in contemporary physics, where it is explained that subatomic particles do not have defined states until they are observed, and fluctuate in and out of existence due to quantum uncertainty. It also resonates with the idea of cellular regeneration, according to which the cells in our body are renewed and replaced at different rates, and there are few, such as neurons, that remain for a lifetime. We are always someone else, what is an identity?
Where, then, to find a cyberspace pseudonym? In his work. The sole purpose of the existence of the name Satoshi Nakamoto was Bitcoin. In none of the texts associated with said identity was any topic other than Bitcoin discussed. Bitcoin is cause and effect of Satoshi and Satoshi is cause and effect of Bitcoin.
As CriptoNoticias explained, knowing who Satoshi is has no use other than satisfying idle curiosity. If a scientist discovers a cure for a disease, what matters is using it to save lives. We little remember the name of each scientist who has discovered the name of each disease that humanity has overcome, but his legacy lives on in his work. Satoshi identified the cure for an ailing monetary system that has been draining time and vital energy (encapsulated in the form of money) from people around the world for years. The best way to honor him is not by going after an identity that he himself left aside, but using his work for good.
As he explained Sartreexistence precedes essence. It is in action that someone’s being is configured and realized; In his work his participation in the world unfolds. Satoshi’s identity is revealed in Bitcoin. There is nothing more to look for.
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